Connemara, South Mayo, Aran Islands & The Burren

This 10 day tour takes you on a journey through some of Ireland's most beautiful countryside. The tour allows the cyclist an opportunity to enjoy the ruggedly beautiful landscape that is Connemara, the remote Aran Islands and the wonderfully unusual Burren region. You will cycle through Connemara with its patchwork of rusty-brown bogs, purple heathers, pale grey mountains, dark valleys and small, shimmering lakes. The next stage of the tour takes you to the remote Aran Islands whose quiet lanes and charming landscape make it a joy to explore. The final stage takes you back to the mainland where you will experience the many natural and archaeological wonders of the Burren region. All routes have been carefully chosen so you can take in the best the region has to offer in terms of scenery, history and culture.

At a Glance

Tour Highlights

Connemara is the Ireland of your dreams: lakes, mountains, pretty cottages, fast flowing streams and friendly people, a wild and wonderful place. The name Connemara was originally Conmaicnemara, or "the tribe of Cormac by the sea", given by the ancient Gaelic tribes.

“After two days' march we entered into the Barony of Burren, of which it is said, that it is a country where there is not water enough to drown a man, wood enough to hang one, nor earth enough to bury him" Cromwell's man in Ireland, 1651.